![]() ![]() ![]() The first type is the re-development of the energy sector of the island. There are three types of aerial development on Curaçao that lend themselves for the transition to a circular economy. The current linear economy model (take-make-waste) of the island is disastrous, as it combines a mono-economy with the consumption-driven American dream. I personally jump-started conversations on the circular economy due to my concerns about the island’s oil-driven mentality and the ever-piling landfill. They also sparked events on the topic of the orange economy, in order to start facilitating its local creativity as an asset (the award-winning film Buladó is an example of this). The government focused on economic policy development for the blue economy to strengthen the business cases for sustainable fishery, tourism, and water sports. However, these pillars are in need of revision. Financial services, the oil refinery, tourism, trade, and logistics were the stable pillars of the island’s economy until the first decade of the millennium. They planted many seeds with the underlying goal to revive the economy, which was already in a recession prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last few years the national government of Curaçao has been engaging with many concepts in order to diversify its view of the economy up to the SDG’s. ![]()
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